Electronics & Software

Electrical/​Electronics

New technologies in power supplies and management, board-level electronics, electronics and computers, and battery systems provide wide-ranging applications essential to military, aviation, medical, and automotive.

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Question of the Week: Electronics & Computers
Do You See Applications for Electronics-Free Robots?
In our lead INSIDER story today, UCSD researcher Dylan Drotman talked to Tech Briefs about his team’s air-powered robot.
Special Reports: Power
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Unmanned Systems - March 2021
Drones that swarm and change shape mid-flight... autonomous combat vehicles on the battlefield...the latest in counter-UAS technology. Read about new advances in air and ground unmanned systems in this report from...

Special Reports: Aerospace
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Rugged Computing - March 2021
From the battlefield to the oceans to the extremes of space, electronics and computing advances enable missions in the harshest conditions. To help you keep pace with the latest developments, we present this...

Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The device has applications in medical diagnostics and homeland security.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The stretchable electronics are more stable as they change shape, which could lead to next-generation sensors for healthcare applications.
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Q&A: Energy
Professor Shirley Meng explains why there's a demand for stretchable batteries.
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Articles: Transportation
Live discussions will explore electric vehicles, propulsion, advanced electronics, and more.
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Briefs: Semiconductors & ICs
This built-in security measure would prevent hackers from getting enough information about the circuit to reverse-engineer it.
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Briefs: Photonics/Optics
The next generation of waterproof smart fabrics can be laser-printed and made in minutes.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
Equipment designers can simplify design efforts and adjust controller platforms as needed when they standardize on electronic input/output products.
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Briefs: Materials
The material is designed for high-temperature applications in aircraft, building insulation, personal protective clothing, industrial, and automotive.
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Briefs: Electronics & Computers
This method is an important step towards smaller, more advanced, environmentally friendly electronics.
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Products: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Vision software, thermal sensors, ceramic pastes, and more.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The technology could continuously monitor fluid flow in pipes on the International Space Station and prevent satellites from colliding.
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Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
With new vehicles, automotive manufacturers will need to closely monitor the current flowing to the motor.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Study shows improvements to chemical sensing chip that aims to quickly and accurately identify drugs and other trace chemicals.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The marking provides easy-to-see legends on plastic buttons under widely varying illumination conditions.
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Products: Photonics/Optics
Near-eye displays, optical inspection systems, UV glass, and more.
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INSIDER: Materials
Scientists around the world are working to develop electronic skins that attach to the body and monitor vital signs. These E-skins need to be comfortable, breathable, and flexible for everyday...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
Light-emitting diodes — LEDs — are important in many more applications than just illumination. These light sources are useful in microelectronics too. Smartphones, for example, can...
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INSIDER: Electronics & Computers
A hacker can reproduce a circuit on a chip by discovering what key transistors are doing in a circuit — but not if the transistor “type” is...
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INSIDER: Materials
A research team from National University of Singapore (NUS) has taken a first step towards improving the safety and precision of industrial robotic arms by developing a new range of...
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Special Reports: Sensors/Data Acquisition
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Test & Measurement - February 2021
Sensors to search for ancient life on Mars...nano-thermometers that could revolutionize temperature measurement...a major advance in semiconductor testing. These are just a few of the technologies you'll read...

Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
As 5G arrives, devices will need to expand I/O counts at the controller, as well as overall networking capabilities.
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Disconnect terminal blocks, oscillioscope probes, test modules, and more.
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Briefs: Software
A new machine learning algorithm could make smartphones charge faster and increase the time between charges for electric vehicles.
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Briefs: Materials
This rapid and cost-effective technique yields a uniform etched surface with 99.5 percent emissivity.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
This integrated nanosensor is printed on a daughter board using 3D printing techniques.
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Briefs: Software
This quantum language is the first of its kind that is as elegant, simple, and safe as classical computer languages.
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